A sombre mood engulfed Olongoloto Sub Location, Dikirr, Narok County, after lightning struck and killed a 45-year-old woman during a heavy evening downpour.
Police said the incident happened on Tuesday, January 2, as the area experienced heavy downpours.
The victim, Tekeret Ole Iserere, was coming from her residence and crossing to another house while it was raining when she was struck by lightning and died on the spot.
Her body was later moved to St Joseph Mission Hospital Mortuary pending autopsy.
The region experiences such calamities amid calls to install harvesters to address the trend.
Last November, lightning struck a tree where three women were taking shelter during a heavy evening downpour, killing one on the spot while two others sustained injuries in Chesiliot area, Sotik sub-county in Bomet county.
Meanwhile, a five-year-old boy was electrocuted in an incident in Nyalenda, Kisumu County.
The incident happened on Tuesday afternoon as the boy was playing with other children in their compound, police and his family said.
The boy is said to have touched a live naked wire electrocuting him.
Neighbours rushed him to Kisumu County Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The body was moved to the same facility morgue awaiting postmortem, police said.
Such cases are blamed on illegal power connections and use of unqualified electricians.
There is a campaign to address the menace.
And police are investigating an incident in which a 35-year-old man was found dead after suspected suicide in Kahuro, Kangema, Muranga County.
The lifeless body of Kelvin Muhia Muchoki aged 35 years was found dangling on one of the roof rafters of his house in Rukui Village.
No suicide note was found and the motive is yet to be known, police said. The body was removed to Kangema Sub-County Mortuary awaiting autopsy.
Cases of suicide have been on the rise in the area in the past year, police say.
Police say they record a suicide case almost daily across the country. Most of the victims are men.
The World Health Organisation says such cases are attributed to joblessness, breakup of relationships or a death, academic failures or pressures.
